Flashback 2018 National Championship 104 solos, unbroken sunshine and a classic Hayling Bay breeze.
Ellie Cumpsty arrived on the scene and put together a series which almost saw her finish second overall, had it not been for a BFD in a final crazy race which saw 17 more competitors bite the dust. Tim Law and Pete Mitchell had also been over but could discard their BFD but Ellie already had two and that mistake cost her the podium.
Ellie did win race 7 and became the first lady to win a Championship race. “The second lap was more dramatic in it's conclusion than as a visual spectacle, I should mention that my 'eye's on' reporting was slightly hindered by my rib drivers insistence on keeping to an exclusion zone the size of Norway. Cumpsty hooked into a left hand lift, never to be seen again which dropped some of the leaders down while Horey and Hicks, which to be honest sounds like an Estate Agency improved to third and fourth with race 6 winner Bailey back up to second, what a day he was having.”
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